46.1333°N 23.5333°E / 46.1333; 23.5333
Alba (IPA: ['al.ba]; Hungarian: Fehér) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Alba County is Alba Iulia, with a population of 72,405 people.
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Alba County
Județul Alba |
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 Location of Alba County in Romania |
| Country | Romania |
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| Development region1 | Centru |
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| Historic region | Transylvania |
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| County seat | Alba Iulia |
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| • Type | County Board |
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| • President of the County Board | Ion Dumitrel (PDL) |
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| • Prefect2 | Dan Simedru-Coriolan |
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| • Total | 6,242 km2 (2,410 sq mi) |
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| • Rank | 16th in Romania |
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| • Total | 327,224 |
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| • Rank | 29th in Romania |
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| • Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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| Postal Code | 51wxyz3 |
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| Area code | +40 x584 |
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| Car Plates | AB5 |
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| GDP | US$ 3.77 billion (2008) |
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| GDP/capita | US$ 9,842 (2008) |
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| Website | County Board
County Prefecture |
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1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European Union
2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He or she is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries corp
3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or eaven the building of the address
4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utilitary vehicles & ATVs, etc.) and the ones used outside the county |
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